sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun Information/Product Abstracts SunFLASH Vol 63 #78 March 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63.78 Sun Information/Product Abstracts This article contains brief descriptions of several Sun announcements. These articles have not been previously posted to SunFlash. They are available from flashadm@sun.com by email only. You may request the full text of any of these articles by sending mail to flashadm@sun.com with a list of 1 or more article numbers (e.g. 62.32) in the Subject line. Please try to place the article numbers in the Subject line, not in the message body. Articles that are of the correct format will be answered quickly by a program. I will eventually answer all others. -johnj (8 articles, 130, 3413 lines - about 52 US pages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Size In Title Number Kb/lines 63.70 5 91 STB Selects Distributors for Israel 63.71 11 250 Sun Security Bulletin: #00126, 3/21/94 63.72 33 975 Solaris x86 Hardware Compatibility Guide 63.73 3 57 SunSoft Support and CompuServe 63.74 29 704 Recent SunSoft Press Books 63.75 15 403 SunPics Frequently Asked Questions 63.76 30 819 SunPro SIG User's Guide 63.77 4 114 Join the SunPro SIG today Totals:130 3413 How To Request An Article - Example ----------------------------------- %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 ^D % Please place the list of articles on the same line as the Subject keyword. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63.70 STB Selects Distributors for Israel SPARC Technology Business (STB) announced that it has selected INTEGRA MICROSYSTEMS of New York and its Israeli partner, TALVITON ELECTRONICS as the exclusive distribution companies for STB's line of SPARC microprocessors, ASICs and modules. In addition, STB has selected E&M Computing as the exclusive distributor for all of STB's SPARC board products. (91 lines) 63.71 SUN MICROSYSTEMS SECURITY BULLETIN: #00126, 21 March 1994 From: security-alert@Sun.COM Mark Graff, Sun Security Coordinator In this bulletin Sun announces the availability of several new security patches for SunOS 4.1.x systems. Also, we alert our customers to the increased importance of installing a previously announced patch. I. Announcement of patches for "/etc/utmp" vulnerability II. Reminder about existing rdist patch III. Table of patches IV. How to obtain Sun security patches V. How to report or inquire about Sun security problems VI. How to obtain Sun security bulletins (250 lines) 63.72 Hardware Compatibility Guide for Solaris. 2.1 for x86 The information contained in this listing is intended to help customers determine which hardware products support Solaris for x86. This information is designed to serve as a guideline when selecting hardware systems and devices to run with Solaris for x86. The products listed here are not necessarily Solaris certified, and they are not warranted or endorsed by SunSoft. This is a partial listing of products, and is not meant to be considered comprehensive. Please contact the manufacturers directly for more information about their products. SunSoft Hardware Compatibility Guide Solaris. 2.1 for x86 May 1993 Release February 1994 Update Section I Systems tested by SunSoft Section II Solaris compatible hardware adapters Section III Systems that have been certified at developer's sites using SunSoft certification test suites Section IV General Hardware Requirements Section V Hardware Manufacturers List (975 line) 63.73 SunSoft Support Services Now Has CompuServe for Customers From: Jane Manforte <76711.1350@CompuServe.COM> SunSelect/SunSoft Forum Sysop SunSoft Support Services has created an informational forum on CompuServe. With more than 1.5 million members, CompuServe provides another important communications channel. Sun product users enjoy having a special meeting place to gather information on using their hardware and software more effectively. Once logged in type "GO SUNSOFT" to view the SunSelect & SunSoft libraries and use the forum. (57 lines) 63.74 Recent SunSoft Press Books From: Karin.Ellison@Eng.sun.COM (Karin Ellison) Recent books include: TOOLTALK AND OPEN PROTOCOLS: INTER-APPLICATION COMMUNICATION EXPERT C PROGRAMMING: DEEP C SECRETS MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES: SBUS/SCSI DEVELOPER'S KIT, RELEASE III DESIGNING VISUAL INTERFACES: COMMUNICATION ORIENTED TECHNIQUES SOLARIS ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMIISTRATOR'S GUIDE GUIDE TO SOLARIS A listing of other Published SunSoft Press books and a selection of forthcomming Press books is also provided. Order forms are also included. (705 lines) 63.75 SunPics Frequently Asked Questions From: Shivakumar.Mandalam@Eng.Sun.COM (Mandalam Shivakumar) First version of Frequently Asked Questions on SunPics products. Please send any feedback/suggestions to Shiva. The FAQ will be updated periodically. It will also be a part of the collection of documents on the np-archive server. (403 lines) 63.76 SunPro SIG User's Guide From: jennifer.umstattd@Eng.Sun.COM (Jennifer A. Umstattd) Administrator, SunPro SIG SunPro is the software development products business of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunPro set up this Special Interest Group (SIG) to provide a two-way communication channel between us and our users. Contents THE 1 PAGE USER'S GUIDE INTRODUCTION SunPro The SIG Guiding Principles UUNET The Legal Disclaimer If You Have Problems THE EMAIL ALIAS The Goal Alias versus Newsgroup Usage Tips Adding or Changing your Email address THE ELECTRONIC REPOSITORY The Goal The Catalog Connecting Downloading Uploading HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUN SUG SUNergy Sun Flash (Florida) COPYRIGHTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (820 lines) 63.77 Join the SunPro SIG today At SunPro, the software development business of Sun Microsystems, our goal is to meet the needs of professional software developers by providing the most useful line of software development products for the Solaris platform. We've also recently formed a special interest group, SunPro SIG, designed to provide a worldwide forum for exchanging software development information. This is your invitation to join our world-class organization for professional programmers. There is a nominal annual fee of $20. A summary of SunPro SIG membership and a sign-up form is included. (114 lines) ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on draco.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au For last month's digest, send email to flashadm@sun.com with a Subject line of 62.00 For Gopher and WAIS access: sunsite.unc.edu. (Login as 'gopher' for a simple gopher client, 'swais' for a simple WAIS client (over 500 databases). 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